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04/22/21 Introducing LinkIQ™️ – Fluke’s Newest Ethernet Cable, Network, and PoE Tester  
04/13/21 LinkWare Live passes 50M results uploaded as cabling contractors adopt the free cloud-based software for the new remote workplace  
04/08/21 How to Test if Your Ethernet Cables Support PoE  
03/24/21 Testing Profinet: The Basics  
03/10/21 Standards Update, February 2021  
02/24/21 Why Linus Sebastian of Linus Tech Tips Loves Using the Fluke CertiFiber Pro to Inspect, Test, and Certify Fiber Optic Cable  
02/09/21 What’s an Expanded Beam Fiber Connector?  
01/19/21 Fiber Certification Testing: All You Really Need is Loss, Length (and Sometimes Reflectance)  
01/12/21 Considerations for Using Hybrid Copper-Fiber Cable  
12/28/20 End of Year Reflections  
12/16/20 Is Power over Ethernet Safe?  
11/16/20 Recertified Test Reports: Are they really valid? Part 3 Click Here
11/16/20 Keep it Clean: From the Endface to Your Tester Click Here
11/10/20 Ethernet Alliance PoE Certification Click Here
11/04/20 What’s the Difference Between Channel and Component Standards? Click Here
10/08/20 Extending and Testing Cable Runs Beyond 100 meters Click Here
09/23/20 Breaking the 100-Meter Barrier Click Here
09/15/20 Physical Infrastructure Management Reduces Network Downtime Click Here
08/20/20 Re-Certified Test Reports - Part 2 - Fiber Optic Tests Click Here
07/23/20 Re-Certified Test Reports: Are They Really Valid? Click Here
07/09/20 Cable Testing 101: Considerations for Mixing Multimode Fiber Types Click Here
06/18/20 Ten Dumb Industrial Ethernet Mistakes Smart People Make Click Here
06/10/20 Cable Testing 101: Understanding Near and Far End Crosstalk Click Here
05/29/20 Social Distancing the LinkWare Live Way Click Here
05/22/20 The OM Mantra Click Here
05/14/20 2020 Cabling Industry Salary Survey Now Available Click Here
05/07/20 What are all those specialty cords you use? Click Here
04/30/20 But I can’t get to the far end! Click Here
04/23/20 Get Reel Before You Install! Click Here
04/16/20 What’s On Tap? Click Here
04/09/20 Electromagnetic Interference Mitigation in Industrial Ethernet Cabling Click Here
04/02/20 Industrial Ethernet vs. Commercial Click Here
03/26/20 Testing Plug-Terminated Links—Internationally Click Here
03/20/20 The Ins and Outs of Third-Party Certification Click Here
03/09/20 Standards Update Click Here
03/05/20 Make Sure Your Cabling Plant is Ready for Wi-Fi 6 Click Here
02/27/20 So You Want to Upgrade to Wi-Fi 6? Click Here
02/20/20 A Closer Look at Industrial Ethernet Cables Click Here
02/13/20 Industrial Ethernet Cable Problems - MICE Click Here
02/06/20 Get in the Know at the BICSI Winter Conference! Click Here
01/30/20 What Went Wrong with the Insertion Loss? Click Here
01/23/20 Sometimes…It’s the Cable Click Here
01/16/20 Industrial Ethernet Connector Round-Up Click Here
01/09/20 Considerations for Choosing Stranded vs. Solid Cable Click Here
01/02/20 History of the RJ45: A Case of Mistaken Identity Click Here
12/26/19 Cable Testing 101: What’s My Loss Budget? Click Here
12/17/19 This Decade’s Top 5 Tech Flicks for Your Holiday Downtime Click Here
12/12/19 Fluke Networks Previews Single Pair Ethernet Testing at Industrial Automation Show – Part II Click Here
12/05/19 Fluke Networks Previews Single Pair Ethernet Testing at Industrial Automation Show Click Here
11/30/19 Anixter’s New Utility Grade Infrastructure Click Here
11/21/19 Troubleshooting Fiber on the Cheap Click Here
11/14/19 The Poet’s Guide to the Physics of Twisted Pair Cabling Click Here
11/07/19 6912-Fiber Cable: Now That’s Testing! Click Here
10/24/19 Versiv Keeps on Truckin’ Click Here
10/17/19 Bandwidth and Data Rates Click Here
10/10/19 Cable Tracing – Up to 600 V? Click Here
10/04/19 Three New Innovative Products and Maybe a Future One? Click Here
09/24/19 Prototyping a Future of “Hands Free” Testing Click Here
09/19/19 Different Plugs, Same Test Click Here
09/12/19 TRC Results: Why You the Owner Should Care Click Here
09/05/19 Lighting the Way for Visible Light Communications Click Here
08/29/19 101 Series: Set Your Reference Like a Wizard! Click Here
08/22/19 101 Series: Stranded vs. Solid Patch Cords Click Here
08/15/19 7 Reasons to Certify Click Here
08/08/19 Short-Reach Singlemode Puts Reflectance on the Radar Click Here
08/01/19 101 Series Ethernet: Back to Basics Click Here
07/24/19 Know the Punch Line Click Here
7/18/19 AV over Twisted-Pair: What Do I Need to Test For? Click Here
7/11/19 Not Exactly in the Limelight – Yet. Click Here
7/2/19 Cabling Chronicles’ 4th of July Reflections Click Here
6/27/19 Channel, Permanent Link, Patch Cords, MPTL, E2E… Oh My! Click Here
6/20/19 Understanding insertion loss and loss budgets: Make or break an ICT career Digital Transformation and Industrial IoT age Click Here
6/13/19 Getting Polarity Right the First (or Second) Time Around Click Here
6/7/19 Disaster Due Diligence Click Here
5/30/19 Wi-Fi 6 is Here! So Now What Will You be Testing? Click Here
5/23/19 Ten Dumb Industrial Ethernet Mistakes Smart People Make Click Here
5/16/19 With New High-Density Fiber Connectors Comes Tier 1 Testing Challenges Click Here
5/8/19 You Too Can Transform How You Do Business Click Here
5/2/19 What is (+All) and When Should I Choose It? Click Here
4/25/19 What Ever Happened to the Mechanical Splice? Click Here
4/18/19 Cat 6A – A Bright Future Ahead Click Here
4/11/19 Testing on the Edge Click Here
4/4/19 Shutting the Door on Dust Click Here
3/28/19 The Making of an Expert Fiber Tester and Network Troubleshooter Click Here
3/21/19 Gearing Up for Single-Pair Ethernet in the Enterprise Click Here
3/14/19 Why an MPO Inspection Camera? | An Interview with the Product Manager Click Here
3/7/19 Singlemode Fiber is On Rise. Are You Ready? Click Here
2/28/19 Copper Keeping Pace with the Trace Click Here
2/21/19 Beware the Polar Vortex! Click Here
2/14/19 What’s Wrong with My Cable? Click Here
2/6/19 To Bundle or Not Bundle? Click Here
1/31/19 Expert Profile: Vangie Michenzi, Senior Fiber Optic Project Manager, Advanced Communication Technology Services Click Here
1/24/19 Importance of Cable Verification, Qualification and Certification Click Here
1/16/19 Learn from the Experts at the BICSI Winter Conference! Click Here
1/10/19 Are You Positive It’s Negative? Click Here
1/3/19 101 Series: Know Your Fiber Connectors Click Here
12/28/18 Beauty Isn’t Skin Deep Click Here
12/19/18 Happy Holidays from All of Us at Fluke Networks! Click Here
12/12/18 Going the Distance Click Here
12/6/18 What Ever Happened to Category 7? Click Here
11/29/18 An Exception to Every Rule! Click Here
11/21/18 Another Year of Thanks! Click Here
11/15/18 Get to know Lengthonomics Click Here
11/8/18 Version 6.0 Features Benefit New and Current OptiFiber Pro Users Click Here
11/1/18 New OptiFiber Pro High Dynamic Range Modules for Outside Plant and Passive Optical Networks Click Here
10/24/18 It’s That Time of Year Again – Beware of Ghosts and Dead Zones! Click Here
10/18/18 What’s Up with Industrial Ethernet? Click Here
10/11/18 101 Series: What is an APC Connector and How Do I Test It? Click Here
10/4/18 Type 3 and Type 4 are Here! Click Here
9/26/18 Mixed Mindfulness Click Here
9/19/18 An Industry of Innovators Click Here
9/11/18 The A-B-C’s of Fiber Polarity Click Here
9/9/18 BICSI Fall 2018  Click Here
9/6/18 Wire Map Testing: It’s Not All About Color Click Here
8/30/18 Coax Cable – You Might Just Need to Test It Click Here
8/23/18 Versiv Gets an Upgrade to Version 5.6 Click Here
8/16/18 The Road to 200 & 400 Gig is Already Paved (and Traveled) Click Here
8/9/18 101 Series: To Splice or Not to Splice? Click Here
8/1/18 Why do I get “positive loss” when verifying a test cord? Click Here
7/26/18 Testing in the Data Center Spaces Click Here
7/19/18 ANSI/TIA 568.2-D Approved! Click Here
7/12/18 TIA Recognizes MPTL Connections and You Should Too Click Here
7/5/2018 Summer Reading: Top 4 for the 4th Click Here
6/28/18 The Skinny on 28 AWG Patch Cords Click Here
6/21/18 Designing to Application Limits Click Here
6/14/18 Happy Fifth Anni-Versiv Click Here
6/7/18 Bye Bye Buzz! Click Here
5/31/18 Look, No Hands! Click Here
5/23/18 Keeping Up has Never Been Easier! Click Here
5/16/18 How Many Stars are in Your Toolbelt? Click Here
5/09/18 Picture Perfect AV Systems Click Here
5/02/18 Upgrading to Four-Pair PoE: What You Need to Know Click Here
4/25/18 Why can’t I use the 2-cord test method? Click Here
4/18/18 Cable Testing 101: But the Standard Says 0.75 dB! Click Here
4/04/18 History of the RJ45: A Case of Mistaken Identity Click Here
4/11/18 Let’s All Calibrate and Have a Good Time! Click Here
3/28/18 Too Soon to Say Goodbye? It's All Relative... Click Here
3/21/18 101 Series: LED vs. VCSELs Click Here
3/14/18 The OM Mantra Click Here
3/7/18 101 Series: What is Modal Bandwidth? Click Here
3/1/18 OTDR: Your Ultimate Troubleshooter Click Here
2/22/18 Is Your Fiber End Face Up to Scratch? Click Here
2/15/18 BICSI Wrap Up: Top 3 Questions Asked Click Here
2/08/18 Know Your SYSTIMAX Loss Target Before You Fail Click Here
2/1/18 Gain 3 CECs at Our BICSI Pre-Conference Seminar on Testing High Speed Fiber Links Click Here
1/25/18 Previewing Our BICSI Presentation on Passive Optical Network (PON) Testing Click Here
1/18/18 Will My Existing Cable Plant Support 2.5/5GBASE-T? Click Here
1/11/18 101 Series: 12 Fiber MPO Polarity Click Here
1/4/18 2018 - Smack-Dab in the IoT Revolution Click Here
12/28/17 A Few of Our Favorite Blogs Click Here
12/21/17 CPR- A Not-So-Ridiculous Regulation Click Here
12/14/17 Troubleshooting Fusion Splices Click Here
12/08/17 The Next Big Step for PoE Click Here
11/30/17 Cable Testing 101: What’s My Loss Budget? Click Here
11/22/17 Fun with Automagical OTDR Trouble-shooting Click Here
11/16/17 Connector Loss, Return Loss, and Reflectance – “Highs and Lows” Click Here
11/9/17 Smart Testing for Fiber to the Desk Click Here
11/2/17 Data Center Standards and Guidelines Click Here
10/26/17 The Rise of the Hyperscale Data Center Click Here
10/19/17 Save Face: Why Fiber End Face Geometry Matters Click Here
10/12/17 Say Goodbye to Weakest Link Click Here
10/06/17 Beauty Isn't Skin Deep Click Here
9/28/17 Importing Cable IDs from Excel in LinkWare Live Click Here
9/21/17 Lots to Learn Next Week at BICSI Click Here
9/14/17 MPTL: New Test Procedure for Today's Converged Infrastructure Click Here
9/7/17 Testing and Structured Cabling Standards - Harmonization Click Here
8/31/17 101 Series: SingleMode vs MultiMode Click Here
8/24/17 Cable Labeling Best Practices Circa 2017 (Brother) Click Here
8/17/17 Beat the Heat with Versiv Click Here
8/10/17 On bi-directional testing with a light source and power meter Click Here
8/3/17 On cursor placement when making an OTDR measurement Click Here
7/27/17 101 Series: Testing FIber or Cable Links having Plug Ends Click Here
7/20/17 RJ-45: A Mainstay in the Data Center (Leviton) Click Here
7/13/17 Over 5 Million Test Results Uploaded to The Cloud Click Here
7/6/17 The A-B-C's of Fiber Polarity Click Here
6/29/17 101 Series: What's Different About TRCs and How Do I Choose One Click Here
6/22/17 Is my SFP Working, or How to Measure an SFP/SFP+/QSFP Click Here
6/15/17 All Fiber Roads Divisible by 2 and 8 Click Here
6/8/17 New Versiv Software Release Now Available Click Here
6/1/17 101 Series: What are TCL and ELTCTL? Click Here
5/25/17 Clean Cords are Reliable Cords Click Here
5/18/17 Fluke Networks is 25 Years Old This Month! Click Here
5/11/17 Top 5 Fiber and Cable Cleaning Tips from the Experts Click Here
5/4/17 Where Will I Testing Cat 8 Cabling Systems with Cable Test Click Here
4/27/17 101 Series: Understanding Copper Cabling’s Balancing Act Click Here
4/20/17 What’s the Deal with OM5 Cable Standards – WBMMF? Click Here
4/13/17 Pros and Cons of Bend Insensitive Multimode Fiber Click Here
4/6/17 Simplify the Complexity of Fiber Certification with TRC Click Here
3/30/17 Benefits of Fiber Optic and Passive Optical LAN Test Click Here
3/23/17 How High-Speed Fiber Applications is impacting the Networking Arena? Click Here
3/16/17 A Closer Look at 40 Gig Duplex Multimode Applications Click Here
3/9/17 Testing Cabling With MPO Connectors – What’s New? Click Here
3/2/17 What’s All the Buzz about Limited Power Certification? Click Here
2/23/17 Understanding Propagation and Delay Skew in Cable Testing 101 Series Click Here
2/16/17 How to Test Shield Integrity? Click Here
2/9/17 #ICYMI: Highlights from 2017 BICSI Winter Click Here
2/2/17 The Road to a Category 8 Cable Tester Click Here
1/26/17 Wire Map Testing: It’s Not All About Color Click Here
1/19/17 Tips to Identify Copper Clad Aluminium (CCA) Cables Click Here
1/12/17 New Poster for Twisted Pair Cabling Measurements Click Here
1/5/17 Goodbye 2016. You Weren’t ALL Bad Click Here
12/31/16 How to Save Money and Time in Testing Fibers with SmartLoop Click Here
12/23/16 Happy Holidays from All of Us at Fluke Networks! Click Here
12/15/16 Testing New Cable Tester in 2017 Click Here
12/08/16 Troubleshooting Installed Cable with DSX-5000 CableAnalyzer Click Here
12/02/16 How Accurate is Your Optical Loss Test Set? Click Here
11/24/16 Much to be Thankful for Click Here
11/18/16 Bi-Direction Testing with an OTDR Click Here
11/11/16 Cable Testing 101: How to Read the LinkWare™ PC Report? Click Here
11/04/16 Cable Testing 101: What's at the Top of Your LinkWare Report? Click Here
10/27/16 Identify Fiber Optic Ghosts and Dead Zones with OptiFiber Pro Click Here
10/21/16 Understand the Wide Band Multimode Fiber (WBMMF) Click Here
10/14/16 Cable Testing 101: There's No Gain with "Gainers" Click Here
10/07/16 Benefits of Using 8-Fiber Plug and Play MPO Solutions Click Here
09/29/16 Advantage of Automated Fiber Inspection over Manual Click Here
09/23/16 Deploy and Test Shielded Cable with Category 8 Click Here
09/16/16 Cable Testing 101: Understanding Near and Far End Crosstalk Click Here
09/09/16 Upgrading Your Fiber Plant to 40 and 100 Gigabit Speeds Click Here
09/12/16 How to Evaluate Your Cable Plant as per NBASE-T Standards Click Here
08/26/16 How to Set Up DSX-5000 for New Installation? Click Here
08/19/16 Cable Testing 101: Measuring Insertion Loss for Fiber and Copper Click Here
08/12/16 How to Measure the Loss in the APC Connector? Click Here
08/05/16 Understanding POH: The Power Behind HDBaseT Technology Click Here
07/28/16 Cable Testing 101: Considerations for Mixing Multimode Fiber Types Click Here
07/22/16 All About Alien Crosstalk Measurement Click Here
07/15/16 Cable Testing 101: What is the Difference Between OM3 and OM4? Click Here
07/08/16 All Versiv Models Updated With New Software Version Click Here
06/30/16 Cat 8 Products Coming Soon Click Here
06/22/16 New App for Streamline Cabling Labeling - LabelLink Click Here
06/16/16 Great Fiber Diagnostic Tool In Your Belt Click Here
06/09/16 HDBaseT for Ultra HD Video Displays and Digital Signage Click Here
06/02/16 Reap the Benefits of Zone Cabling with CPs and HCPs Click Here
05/26/16 Importance of Cable Verification, Qualification and Certification Click Here
05/19/16 Faster and Easier MultiFiber Pro Optical Fiber Tester Click Here
05/12/16 Fiber Optic Cabling Standards - On the Road to 400 Gig. Click Here
05/05/16 Cabling Mistakes #6 - #7: Using Non-EF Compliant Cable Tester and Two-Cord Click Here
04/28/16 Cabling Standard Subcommittee Work-Hand in Hand with IEEE Click Here
04/21/16 What's New with Versiv Version 4.6 Build 2? Click Here
04/14/16 SmartLoop Technology Just Got Smarter and Faster Click Here
04/07/16 Save Time and Money with LinkWare Live Click Here
03/31/16 Developments on Fiber Connector End Face Inspection Click Here
03/24/16 Cabling Mistakes #2 and #3: Neglecting Marginal Test Results and Parameters Click Here
03/10/16 Cabling Mistakes #8: Using BIMMF Test Cords and Common Mandrel Click Here
03/03/16 Understand ISO/IEC 11801 - Generic Cabling for Customer Premises Click Here
02/25/16 Get Back to Cabling Basics If Anything Goes Wrong Click Here
02/16/16 Document Cabling Certification with LinkWare PC and LinkWareLive Click Here
02/09/16 Cabling Mistakes #1: Specify Channel Testing While Installing Permanent Links Click Here
02/01/16 How to Manage Cabling Certification Jobs Anytime, Anywhere Click Here
01/25/16 Cabling Mistakes #5: Forgetting to Enable Plot Data Click Here
01/21/16 Tips for Taking on Tier 1 and Tier 2 Fiber Testing Click Here
01/14/16 Understanding ISO/IEC 14763-3 Cabling Standards Click Here
01/07/16 Cabling Mistakes #9: Rely on Duplex Tester for MPO Cable Certification Click Here
12/30/15 Cabling Mistakes #4: “Winging it” on Alien Crosstalk Compliance Click Here
12/23/15 Quality Workmanship – Way to Pass Cable Certification Testing Click Here
12/17/15 What is the best Practices for Cleaning Optical Fiber Click Here
12/10/15 Cabling Mistakes #10: Skipping Fiber Inspection Steps Click Here
12/03/15 Is Your Network Ready for Office Work Environment? Click Here
11/25/15 How to Save 50% Time in bi-directional testing? Click Here
11/19/15 Is Your Network Cabling Ready for Next-Gen PoE? Click Here
11/12/15 What is Instant Solution for DC Contact Resistance issues? Click Here
11/05/15 Testing Wide Band Multimode Fiber - WBMMF Click Here
10/28/15 Golden Rule of Fiber Inspection - Clean and Inspect Again Click Here
10/22/15 Standard Update: 25GBASE-T Joins the Party! Click Here
10/12/15 The Best Just Got Better—at Both Ends Click Here
10/02/15 Help! My Copper Cabling Link Failed Click Here
09/30/15 Certification vs. Qualification: A Closer Look Click Here
09/28/15 Fluke Networks honored by Cabling Installation and Maintenance 2015 Innovators Awards Program Click Here
09/15/15 What is Your Loss Measurement Uncertainty? Click Here
08/20/15 Tier 1 Testing using an OTDR on Installed Fiber Cabling? Click Here
08/17/15 Testing Installed Fiber Cabling Terminated with MPO Connectors Click Here
08/14/15 What You Need to Know About Testing BIMMF Click Here
08/10/15 HOML as a Source Qualification Test Click Here
08/07/15 Revision to IEC 61280-4-1 Ed 2.0, Fibre-optic communication subsystem test procedure – Part 4-1: Installed cable plant – Multimode attenuation measurement Click Here
08/03/15 Standards Update: The Four A’s of Harmonization Click Here
06/24/15 The End of Era: Saying Goodbye to DTX Click Here
05/21/15 Standards Update: Copper on the Move Click Here
05/05/15 Standards Update: The Four A’s of Harmonization Click Here
04/19/15 New DSX-5000 Endorsements: Eurolan and Furukawa Industrial S.A. Click Here
11/10/14 Slash Fiber Job Completion Time with New Fiber Testing and Certification Tools Click Here
10/29/14 No More “Dang It!” moments – Analyze and Manage Copper or Fiber Test Results Anytime, Anywhere Click Here
05/23/14 Introducing the Versiv Family Yearbook: Class of 2014 Click Here
04/11/14 Trends to Watch in 10GBASE-T and the Data Center Click Here
09/24/13 Prevent Errors, Limit Complexity and Reduce Cost Associated with Cable Certification Click Here
07/10/13 The Importance of ETL Verification Click Here
06/17/13 New Infographic on What's Really Going On in the Minds of Structured Cabling Professionals Click Here
06/11/13 A New Tester for the New Normal: Introducing the Versiv Family of Certification Tools Click Here
03/28/13 Free Cable Test Management Software – Reaping the Benefits of LinkWare™ Click Here
03/11/13 How to Increase Multimode Testing Accuracy with Encircled Flux Click Here
02/08/13 Encircled Flux – What is it, and Why Should You Care? Click Here
01/10/13 Finding the keys to success in the MPO datacenter Click Here
07/19/12 Need to test MPO cabling? No problem. -New MultiFiber Pro Optical Loss Tester reduces test time by 95% Click Here
06/27/12 LinkWare 7 –A good thing just got a lot better! Click Here
03/14/12 This one is for the ages! New OTDR redefines enterprise fiber testing. Click Here
03/07/12 For the Good Times. -Looking back on the DSP Series one year after the retirement of repair and calibration services. Click Here
02/25/12 Would you fight this speeding ticket? The 10% rule explained. Click Here
01/26/12 Re-upped! Click Here
01/07/12 Why a Cat 6A Patch Cord Adapter has that funny little “A” next to the 6 Click Here
11/23/11 VoIP for the masses…the end of “voice grade cabling” Click Here
10/26/11 Product Registration...Whats the point? Click Here
10/24/11 The Truth about Twisted Pair Patch Cords Click Here

 

 

 

 
   
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